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District Of Columbia
Capital city of the United States

District Of Columbia

Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington, is the capital city of the United States, and its only federal district.

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Getting to District Of Columbia

Washington, D.C. (WAS IATA for all airports) is served by three major airports. All three airports offer unlimited free Wi-Fi. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA IATA) is the closest and most convenient airport to D.C., 3 mi (4.8 km) south of the city in Arlington, Virginia, just across the Potomac River.

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    Union Station

    All trains stop at Union Station in Capitol Hill (Red Line Metro), a few blocks from the U.S.

See

Worth seeing

Most of the attractions in D.C. are on the National Mall, the West End, and Capitol Hill. While there are many maps on display throughout the city, the official National Mall map and the Library of Congress map are great to have handy.

Do

Things to do

D.C. has the highest ratio of parkland to population in the country for a city its size. Many of these parks are crowded with soccer, football, rugby, kickball, baseball, and ultimate frisbee players. The National Mall may be the most famous park, but there are several other large beautiful parks in the city. The 2,000 acre Rock Creek Park, a national park, bisects the city north of the Anacostia River.

Eat

Where to eat

Washington has a little bit of everything, from really good ethnic takeout to lobbyist-fueled places that can run over $1,000 for a meal for two. Most of the high end cuisine is available in the West End, the East End, Georgetown, and Dupont Circle—offering dining experiences ranging from steakhouses packed with powerful suits to Minibar by Jose Andres, a 12-seat restaurant offering a 30-course meal for $350…

How locals move

Getting around District Of Columbia the local way

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  • Get inMARC also provides service on the Brunswick line towards western Maryland through the suburbs of Silver Spring, Kensington, Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Germantown, on the way out to Frederick and on to Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg, West Virginia on Monday through Friday.
  • Get aroundFor an ambitious all-day ride, try branching north at Leesburg, crossing the Potomac River on White's Ferry (inactive as of Nov 2024), and riding on the C&O Canal towpath to return to D.C.
  • Get aroundPedicabs (tricycle rickshaws), commonly found on the National Mall, are regulated, insured, and offer tours or pre-arranged rides.
  • Go nextFrom spring to fall, you can take a water taxi from the Inner Harbor to historic Fort McHenry.
  • Go nextEastern Shore (Maryland) is a great place to charter a boat for the day or eat Maryland's famous crabs.
  • Go nextHarpers Ferry is about an hour's drive, just west of Frederick.

From Wikivoyage: Washington, D.C., CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Frank Schulenburg (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.